National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's West Brom U21 or Middlesbrough U21 that keep their silverware dream alive.
West Brom U21 form and stats
West Brom U21 have played 5 Premier League 2 Divison Two games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-0-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Brom's previous match was a Premier League Cup game also played at their own arena, ending 3-0 against Huddersfield Town U21. The home team hope to to repeat that performance.
Before that game, a loss in the away fixture against Watford U21 in the Premier League Cup.
West Brom U21 are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (14 goals in 5 games). Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 9 goals have been conceded.
Middlesbrough U21 form and stats
As the visiting team in Premier League 2 Divison Two matches, Middlesbrough U21 have produced an overall stat of 1-1-2 so far.
Two away matches in a row for Middlesbrough U21, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-3 against Watford U21 in the Premier League Cup.
A loss, in the Premier League Cup away at Huddersfield Town U21, earlier.
The schedule is very tough for Middlesbrough U21 now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Premier League 2 Divison Two game at Sunderland U21 is waiting in only four days.
Middlesbrough have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 10 goals from 4 away matches. Middlesbrough U21 can't defend away. 17 goals have been scored by the opposition in 4 matches, an average of more than three per game. You might want to look at the total goal statistics, which can be found on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The teams involved played each other previously this campaign: Middlesbrough U21 - West Brom U21 2-1. As for the last two games between these two teams, there's one Brom victories, zero draws and one Middlesbrough U21 wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, zero matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Kavanagh 5 goals |  J. Malcolm 3 goals |
West Brom U21 missing players
Middlesbrough U21 missing players
| West Brom U21 | Middlesbrough U21 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 23 | 7 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 12 | 1 | Lost | L | 10 | 14 | ||
| 45 | 21 | Scored | S | 19 | 42 | ||
| 48 | 9 | Conceded | C | 40 | 58 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 92% | ||
| 91% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 71% | 76% | ||
| 48% | 57% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 64% | 64% | ||
| 30% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 36% | ||
| 70% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 71% | 72% | ||
| 13% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 7% | 12% | ||
| 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 16% | ||
| 5.8 | 7.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 4.9 | ||
| 5.6 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.6 | 4.9 | ||
| 0.9 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 13.2 | 17.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.4 | 10.7 | ||
| 5.4 | 6.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4.9 | ||
| 41% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 40% | ||
| 11.6 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.6 | 9 | ||
| 5.4 | 4.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.7 | 4.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Huddersfield Town U21 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
| 2 | Watford U21 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | -6 | 7 |
| 3 | West Brom U21 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | Middlesbrough U21 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Leeds United U21 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 21 | 25 |
| 2 | Southampton U21 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 19 |
| 3 | West Brom U21 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 17 |
| 4 | Nottingham Forest U21 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 16 |
| 5 | Norwich City U21 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 16 |
| 6 | Newcastle United U21 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 14 |
| 7 | Middlesbrough U21 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 17 | -4 | 14 |
| 8 | Aston Villa U21 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | -1 | 12 |
| 9 | Sunderland U21 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | -6 | 8 |
| 10 | Stoke City U21 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 16 | -13 | 8 |
| 11 | Derby County U21 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 15 | -22 | 0 |
